It’s spring in Paris! The flowers are beginning to bloom and there are more fruits and vegetables that are ripe this season. Why is it important to eat what’s in season you may ask? Well, the fruits vegetables that are available in supermarkets year-round or often not naturally ripe, or they have been imported from other parts of the world, giving them large ecological footprints. Seasonal foods are fresher, more nutritious, and tastier than foods that have been ripened unnaturally.

In response to many European countries halting the rollout of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, the World Health Organization says, “At this time, WHO considers that the benefits of the AstraZene

Beginning with the first government-imposed nationwide lockdown in March 2020, Parisian families with money, access, and opportunities used their privilege to their advantage and fled to Brittany at a rate which locals had never seen before. Vannes, France, a tiny coastal town in the western region of Brittany, usually only anticipates Parisians in the summertime.

As a French citizen I grew up in an environmental system that is not straightforward or easy to figure out, especially if you cannot speak French. I wanted to write this article to share with the AUP community my tips on how you can incorporate environmental habits into your Parisian life.

In the first weeks of December 2020, the U.S. experienced an average of 200,000 positive COVID-19 cases per day. With over 550,000 deaths, it was only a matter of time until the very anticipated vaccines came to market. In mid-December 2020, the U.S. began vaccinating Americans at an exponential speed. Today, the U.S. is vaccinating around 2.7 million people per day, with this number increasing every day. At this rate, 75% of the population will be fully vaccinated by July of 2021, reaching herd immunity.  

Have you ever felt like you were drawn to an evil movie character? You know that it is wrong, but you still cannot help it. Eleonora Marcone, a junior at AUP, explains her take on this strange attraction. "It is not so much about the character, it is the attraction to something that you know you are not supposed to be doing," she says. "And those characters who still commit terrible things come off as courageous and strong-minded in our brains because they do not play by a rule-book. They have their own rules, and they do not care about anyone's opinion.

With an upcoming election and COVID-19 restrictions limiting French politicians' time to rally large crowds, many have turned to alternative sources of social media in order to reach a younger audience and send their message across. Recently, President Macron has challenged popular YouTube sensations McFly and Carlito to promote the new sanitary measures in a song.

With less than a month left of the Spring 2021 semester, members of the AUP community are starting to question what the Fall 2021 semester will look like on campus. As daylight grows longer and the temperature steadily rises, we’re reminded that the changes of seasons are one of the few certainties these days.

Vice President for Security and Operations, and Dean of Student Services, Marc Montheard, is no longer making claims of certainty, after recently crossing the one-year mark of the world’s acknowledgment of COVID-19, rather he’s relying on what’s worked in the past.

Spring weather will be amongst us soon and our tongue's sensory palette will be seeking refreshing flavors. So, of course, it’s easy to go to your usual grocery store and get yourself a plastic box that includes two spoons of hummus or three spoons of quinoa 'tabbouleh'…or as my grandmother would call it, "wannabe fake tabbouleh." But what if I told you that you could save some money on buying that 5€ plastic pack of hummus that will last you two days maximum and make your own Lebanese food at home?

According to a recent Statista report, anxiety and depression rates are the most prevalent forms of mental disorders reported among people aged 18 to 25 in the U.S. and within past year, rates of those reporting to have experienced a major depressive episode has increased of 15.2 % year over year.